Iceland University Welcomes 1,150 International Students

26 August, 2016

1,150 international students attended the welcome reception hosted by the University of Iceland. The foreign students have enrolled in various programs for the autumn session. According to Rector, Jón Atli Benediktsson, The attendance of the international students at the University is increasing progressively. Approximately 1,105 students took admission in university under various programs in 2015 whereas in 2014 the number of students admitted was 1,069.

During the year 2016, Reykjavik University also received a record number of international students, whereas the University of Akureyri enrolments has decreased slightly from 85 to 75.

For the current academic year 2016-17, German students group is the largest among all the foreign students at the University of Iceland.